Hubble focus is unchanged
Flight Interational | 02/06/07 | Graham Warwick
Posted on 02/07/2007 10:14:40 PM EST by KevinDavis
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Should We Repair Hubble?
Popular Mechanics | May 2007 | Thomas D. Jones
Posted on 04/03/2007 10:49:37 PM EDT by KevinDavis
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[snip] If the mission succeeds, Hubble should be in peak observing condition until its replacement, the James Webb Space Telescope, is launched in 2013... Some argue that repairing Hubble is pointless, since ground-based observatories have overtaken its capabilities. But terrestrial telescopes fall short of HST’s resolution by a factor of 10 or more. [end]
Hubble astronauts meet with astronomers
AP on Yahoo | 5/9/07 | Alex Dominguez - ap
Posted on 05/10/2007 12:43:51 AM EDT by NormsRevenge
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There are few more interesting things in space to watch than a hubble repair mission, I need to schedule a vacation for this mission.
I remember for years, the leaders of NASA said “It can’t be done...it can’t be done...to risky...too much money...it can’t be done.”
Then, NASA gets a new head guy, and suddenly it can be done.
I think that what made them change was that they bowed to the enormous pressure from the public. The Hubble is the greatest visible on-going success story that NASA has had since the launch of the shuttle. They were going to mothball the most popular — and perhaps the most valuable — project associated with the program.
There would have been no space telescope until the uncertain launch of the next one. And, although new-technology land-based telescopes may someday achieve the same quality as a space telescope, they aren’t there yet. So there would have been nothing to fill the void.
I’m glad the Hubble is being repaired — and broadcasting the repair makes great TV.
Excellent and Thanks!
Save the Hubble BumP!
